Headed West?

With the completion of conference tournaments Saturday night, most NCAA bracket predictions point to the #9 Terriers heading West to the St. Paul regional and a first round match-up with #6 Denver.

● USCHO: Bracketology

● College Hockey News: Bracket ABCs

● SB Nation: Final Brackets

BU defeated Denver, 6-5, at Agganis Arena on Halloween Night on Ahti Oksanen’s overtime goal. (Game Coverage)

Last night, Northeastern won its first Hockey East Championship since 1988, defeated UMass Lowell, 3-2.  After a dismal start to their season, the Huskies went 20-1-2 in their last 23 games with the sole defeat coming at the hands of BU in the Beanpot opener, 3-1. 

Looking ahead

WATCH THIS: 2OT heroics from @t_Weiss40 advance @GTHLHockey @DMFlyersAAA to #OHLCup Semi-Finals: pic.twitter.com/moWSGgLueN

— OntarioHockeyLeague (@OHLHockey) March 19, 2016

2018 recruit Tyler Weiss scored the overtime game-winner for Don Mills as the Flyers edged  the Red Wings,  4-3, to move into the OHL Cup semifinals Saturday morning. It was the second goal of the game for the North Carolina native. Later in the day, the Flyers were eliminated by York Simicoe, 4-1. Weiss, who has now headed to NTDP Evaluation Camp, finished his season with 63 points (28G, 35A) in 52 games. 

 Recaps

Looking back

Alex Chiasson scored an unassisted shorthanded goal as the Senators blanked Montreal, 5-0.

Nick Bonino assisted on a pair of goals in Pittsburgh’s 4-1 defeat of Philadelphia.

Charlie Coyle assisted on one goal and scored in the shootout as Minnesota edged Carolina, 3-2.